Paper towel and napkin package.



W. H. BOND,

PAPER TOWEL AND NAPKIN PACKAGE.

APPLICATION FILED APR,14,1911.

1,028,084. Patented May 28. 1912."

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L4 TTORNEY.

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WILLIAM H. BOND, OF HOLYOKE, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR T0 MT. HOLYOKE TISSE MILLS, OF HOLYOKE, MASSACHUSETTS, A CORPORATION OF MASSACHUSETTS.

Specification of Letters Patent.'

' Patented May 28,1912.

.Application filed April 14, 1911. Serial No. 621,087.

To all 107mm z'zf may concern.'

Be it kno-wn that l, WILLIAM H. BOND, a citizen of the United States of America. and resident of Holyoke, in the county of Hampden and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Paper Towel and Napkin `Packages, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This inventionl relates to a package of sheets of paper in bundled condition and a container therefor so combined andarranged that the paper may be disposed in a container of comparatively small dimensions and 'so that-notwithstanding the peculiarly folded condition of the paper bundle the sheets included in such bundle may, one at a time, be readily withdrawn from the packet as occasion therefor may require.

-T he invention is described inv conjunction with the accompanying drawings and is dened in the claims.

In the drawings :-Figure l is a perspective view showing the paper packetas being held and manipulated `for the withdrawal of one of the sheets comprised therein. Fig. 2 is a cross sectional view4 through the packet, on an enlarged. scale.

Briefly stated. the paper package consists of a container and a bundle of sheets, such as paper n towels' or paper napkins.I folded into substantially a compacted 5:3- shape, each sheet being edgewise otl'set beyond the sheet next thereto.

Referring to the drawings: A represents the container made in the form of abox having a bottom, tour side walls and a top Y) which extends but partially across the width of the box,` leaving the upper open space al for which a cover f' is provided, which cover is .hinged as indicated at g to the forward edge of the top. The bundle, for instance, including 100 ofthe. comparatively large paper sheets-which may be crape or tissue paper towels ,or napkinsis rendered of an oblated S-orm including three portions viz: an intermediate portion 1, a lower portion 2 having a forward fold 3 and a top portion le joined by the rear fold 5 to the intermediate portion l; and eachsheet is edgewise oilset beyond the sheet next thereto in such arrangement that` the lower-sheet of the upper portion t of the bundle has the greatest forward extension. That is, each sheet acdrawn out.

cessible at the forward portion of the opening (Z in the box projects enough forwardly' beyond each sheet next thereabove to enable which the sheets are laid and retained byr.

the reversely return bentbundling, and in order that when a .sheet is withdrawn the tension thereon will ,be relieved and fric# tional edectwith other sheets will be avoided, so that only the sheet wanted will be di'splaced. the container, with the cover opened, will be held in the leftl hand, the edgel of the un'dermost sheet of the portion l' of the bundle will be seized and the package will be agitated slightly while' the towel is being This last described action is illustrated by Fig. l. I

l. A package of paper sheets consisting of a container and a bundle ot1 sheets folded into substantially a compacted S-shape, each sheet at its ends being edgewise odset beyond the sheet next thereto.

2. A package of paper sheets consisting ot a. bor; comprising bottom, side walls. and top extending but partially across thewidth of the box and a cover hinged to the top, and a 'bundle of sheets comprising three portions,` viz: anv intermedi-ate one, a lower one having a forward fold and a top one having a rear fold, each sheet being. edgewise offset at its ends beyond the sheet next thereto with the lower sheet of the upper folded portion of the Ybundle in the greatestl forward extension, with the top edges eX- posed at the partial opening of the box.

3. The combination of a pile oi sheets' placed with the side edges odset at the ends, the oitset ends being doubled back upon the two opposite faces respectively of the middle part of the pile, the edge of the lowermost sheet of the upper doubled portion lying adjacent the bend of the upper portion and the other edges of the top portion.

extendingacross the topof the bundle in succession, the lowermost sheetin the Iniddle portion being doubled upon itself in the said lower bent portionwith the end lying under the middle part near the bend of the.

upper part, and the other bottom edges eX- tending in' succession across the bottom to- Ward the other bench whereby7 the l0wermost sheet of the upper bend can be Withdrawn successively Without disturbing the arrangement of the other4 sheets, and the thickness of the pile s substantially uniform and remains sn as the sheets are Wit-hdrawn.

Signed by me at Holyoke, Mass., in presence of-two subserlbmg Wltnesses:

WM. H. BOND.

lVtnesses P. E. KEENS, JOHN MCKAY. 

